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False zokor

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Species of rodent

False zokor
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Myospalax
Species: M. aspalax
Binomial name
Myospalax aspalax
(Pallas, 1776)

The false zokor (Myospalax aspalax) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in eastern Khentei and eastern Khingan in Mongolia and in the Onon River basin in Russia.

References

Bazhenov, Y.A., Pavlenko, M.V. Distribution of Zokors (Myospalax, Rodentia) in Transbaikalia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 47, 1235–1244 (2020). doi:10.1134/S1062359020090034

Extant species of family Spalacidae
Myospalacinae
(Zokors)
Myospalax
Eospalax
Rhizomyinae
Rhizomys
(Bamboo rats)
Cannomys
(Bamboo rats)
Tachyoryctes
(Mole rats)
Spalacinae
(Blind mole-rats)
Nannospalax
Spalax
Category
Taxon identifiers
Myospalax aspalax


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